Claire Smith

Yesterday was my second session with Claire Smith, a promising songwriter with a very good voice. She manages to sound soulful without any of the artifice and olympian vocal gymnastics that bedevil modern "soul" music and has a freshness about her melodic writing which is infectious.

I'm looking forward to adding bass, strings and a gentle backbeat to her new song and I predict that if she perseveres and grabs her cubic centimetre of chance when it comes along, she'll do very well.

Nazi Coca-Cola Ad Exhibition

Last night attended the Nazi Coca-Cola Ad Exhibition at the Foundry, Old Street, London, which features several of our images. Mark Crook did a great job - the picture of Hitler driving the Coke Truck went down a storm with Mark Thomas. Sadly for Mr T, he supports Wimbledon AFC, but he was man enough to shake my hand and congratulate me on Crystal Palace FC's promotion.